Chandigarh, Dec. 12 -- In the four-year-old murder case of Seema Goyal, the UT police have secured an additional two-day custody of her husband, professor Bharat Bhushan Goyal. The primary objective of the extended remand is the recovery of the weapon allegedly used to cut an iron mesh at the crime scene and the deceased's mobile phone.

After the completion of the initial three-day remand, Goyal was produced in a local court on Thursday. The UT police argued for extended custody, submitting that professor Goyal was the only person present inside the house at the time of the murder in 2021. Crucially, a Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) report indicated that the iron mesh was cut from the inside.

Police stated that the accused h...